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B. Parkhurst
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This carte de visite depicts B. Parkhurst, who served in the Fifth Kansas Volunteer Cavalry. The photograph was produced ca. 1861-1865.
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Gaius Jenkins
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Ambrotype of Gaius Jenkins, active member of the Free-State cause and Lawrence resident who was killed by James Lane over a land dispute.
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Jesse James
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Black and white portrait of Bushwhacker, outlaw, and bank robber Jesse James, circa 1864.
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John Ritchie
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Carte de visite portrait of John Ritchie, an abolitionist who worked on the Underground Railroad and served as a delegate to the Leavenworth Constitutional Convention.
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n.d.
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Planters Hotel, Leavenworth, Kansas
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The Planters Hotel in Leavenworth, Kansas, where Abraham Lincoln gave a speech denouncing slavery and popular sovereignty on December 5, 1859.
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George (Bud) Wigginton
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Charcoal portrait of George (Bud) Wigginton dressed in suit coat, vest, shirt, and tie. George, along with his cousin John McCorkle, joined Quantrill in August of 1862. He fought at Independence, August 11, 1862. He went to Kentucky with Quantrill and fought at Worthville. "John McCorkle and his cousin George Wigginton attached themselves to a regular Confederate command and surrendered to ensure that they received honorable terms" (Pettersen, Paul R. "Quantrill of Missouri." Nashville, TN: Cumberland House, 2003, pp. 409-410 [MVSC 973,742 Q12ZP].) After the war, Wigginton lived in Lee's Summit. He received the Southern Cross of Honor from Independence Chapter, U.D.C. in 1913. He died at Boulder, Colorado, on August 21, 1918, and was buried in Lee's Summit cemetery.
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Jefferson City, Missouri
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This sketch by St. Louis resident Orlando C. Richardson, originally published in Harper’s Weekly on July 6, 1861, depicts Jefferson City, Missouri on the banks of the Missouri River.
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July 6, 1861
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William Smith
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This carte de visite depicts William Smith, who served in the Fifth Kansas Volunteer Cavalry. The photograph was produced ca. 1861-1865.
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Claiborne Fox Jackson
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Illustration of Claiborne Fox Jackson, former Missouri Governor.
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n.d.
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Jacob Ruppelins
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This sepia carte de visite depicts Jacob Ruppelins, who served in Company D, Seventh Kansas Volunteer Cavalry. The photograph was produced by Tuttle's Fine Art Gallery of Olathe, Kansas ca. 1870.
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Camp Saunders, Kansas Territory
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Photograph of proslavery stronghold, Camp Saunders, located 12 miles southwest of Lawrence, Kansas Territory, 1856. Camp (Fort) Saunders, one of three proslavery "forts" in Douglas County, Kansas, came under attack from Free-Staters, led by James H. Lane and angered at the Sacking of Lawrence and the murder of Major S. D. Hoyt, who had traveled to Fort Saunders to request an end to hostilities. The proslavery men at Fort Saunders (which was really no more than a sturdy log cabin), surrendered before any fighting began. The building was burned to the ground, and the Free-Staters turned their attention to Fort Titus.
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1856
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Death of General Lyon
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This cover of the August 24, 1861 issue of Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper contains an illustration of the death of General Nathaniel Lyon at the Battle of Wilson's Creek on August 10, 1861.
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August 24, 1861
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Robert Younger, Henrietta Younger, Cole Younger and James Younger
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Group photograph of siblings Robert Younger, Henrietta Younger, Cole Younger and James Younger. Cole, James (Jim), and Robert (Bob) were members of the notorious James-Younger Gang with fellow Bushwhackers Jesse and Frank James among others.
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Gilbert M. Woodworth
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This carte de visite depicts Gilbert M. Woodworth, who served in the Fifth Kansas Volunteer Cavalry. The photograph was produced ca. 1861-1865.
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George Caleb Bingham
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Self portrait of the famed painter George Caleb Bingham, who served as Missouri's State Treasurer during the Civil War. Bingham opposed the development of the dominion system and General Ewing's Order No. 11.
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1877
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Dred Scott
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Wood engraving of Dred Scott in "Century Magazine," 1887.
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1887
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Samuel Forster Tappan
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Photograph of Samuel Forster Tappan, a Kansas Territory resident who served as secretary of the Wyandotte Constitutional Convention.
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